Last week’s Austrian Golf Open champion John Catlin is also hoping to build on his recent performances after capturing his third European Tour title in a five hole play-off against Max Kieffer.
John Catlin, statements
“I’m pretty happy.
It’s nice to win once, twice is special, three times is kind of putting me over the moon. When you win once you want to win again and it just keeps growing. That’s not going to change for me, I still want to get in that top 50, still want to play all the Majors and hopefully one day win one of them.
I’m a big believer in staying in the moment so I wasn’t thinking about me winning or him (Max Kieffer) winning, I was just trying to execute golf shots. There were moments where it looked like I had the advantage and times where it looked like he did, but it’s never over until it’s over.
I just keep pushing myself, keep trying to hit good golf shots, and see where everything ended up”. It’s called the « Player Impact Program » and is the PGA Tour’s answer to the Premier Golf League (PGL) which, from 2022, aims to propose a new green circuit between pharaonic prize pools and big ambitions.
The top American men’s circuit has created a project aimed at premiere the stars that bring benefits to golf and to the organization including the involvement of fans and sponsors. On the pot 40 million dollars distributed among 10 players, 8 of which will go to the champion who will have brought more results beyond the field.
The chosen ones will be determined based on their « impact score », a spokesperson for the PGA Tour tells Golfweek. With the US organization that has already distributed to players the metrics by which they will be ranked.
« Their popularity in google searches » and through social networks will also be fundamental. The PGA Tour will use an algorithm to determine the final scores and to benefit, among others, could be champions, needless to say, like Tiger Woods. But also Bryson DeChambeau and Rickie Fowler, a phenomenon of popularity but in great crisis of results on the field.
